Since it's #MSWL day and I intend to open to queries soon (as soon as I finish considering the submissions still in my inbox!), I updated my #MSWL profile: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/th...

you will have to pry the millennial “lol” from my cold dead hands. i don’t know how else to express minor despair. if i didn’t say “lol” after admitting i’m a husk inside, i’d have to develop emotional resilience, and i simply don’t have time for that

So honored to share that It’s All In Your Head got a Kirkus Starred Review!! ⭐️

and then there’s the variation where you’re standing awkwardly in the doorway until your secret hockey boyfriend says, “come stay in my caaaabin, it’s private, we’ll have a great time” and then the nurse comes in and asks if she should be worried you’re going to smother him with a pillow

Scarlet Mitchell ⚒️ The Gerzean Blade out NOW!😍@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Gets me every goddamned time. 🤣🥰🤣🥰🤣🥰🤣

We asked @lavanya.bsky.social for her best book of '25, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of '26. Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/killingspell

Adored #SongSungBlue, especially the performance of Kate Hudson! This movie was so, so unbelievably kind in its handling of the real difficulties faced by low-income families, yet it was woven into this incredibly fun, singable, nostalgic story of Neil Diamond fandom, too. Fantastic.

Kate Hudson in her best performance is as Claire in Song Sung Blue. Jackman did a pretty good Neil Diamond but I loved him for the human side of Mike. A great Christmas movie for us.

All my awards-eligible 2025 publications!! It’s been a good publishing year. Thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social @spotifyforauthors.bsky.social @nightmare-magazine.com @crepuscularmag.bsky.social @thedeadlands.com @khoreo.bsky.social @horrortree.com for sharing my stories & essays with the world! 🖤🖤🖤

Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.

Kate Heartfield@kateheartfield.com · 8mo ago

They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +

If you’re someone who doesn’t emote much, Shane is so relatable. The real thought is always the undercurrent, whereas Ilya says the emotional part out loud. But then Ilya never calls him on it, like, “Hey, you said to be honest with each other.” He KNOWS that this IS Shane being open. #heatedrivalry

shane being gobsmacked at ilya calling himself his boyfriend after they professed their love and shane literally mapped out a whole 10 year twelve step plan for them to be together forever like you have to laugh #HeatedRivalry

Merry Christmas 🎄✨ . #heatedrivalry #gamechangers #romancebook #romancelandia

To add to this - THE MEMORY HUNTERS is not inspired by the Middle Ages. Valerian IV does not wear plate armor. But she does have a sword, is sworn to guard her charge, and went to combat school. And I wrote her specifically to fulfill the princess/knight trope. Sapphically.

Lacy Baugher Milas@lacymb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Making my debut at @avclub.com talking about the year's best trend in fantasy publishing: Lady knights.

MAD SISTERS OF ESI is eligible for awards this season:

wow apparently it's """"""""unacceptable"""""""" to say "I'm always a slut for maple bars" in a professional context

“Reiner, 78, was an avuncular public figure through it all … a quietly brilliant force in the industry, producing the kind of intelligent, varied #films no one could have expected from a man audiences once knew best as ‘Meathead’.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025... #RIP #RobReiner

Rob Reiner Was a Quiet Titan of Storytelling

The director and actor, who died yesterday, built a remarkable career that went far beyond his comic origins.

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I had a friendship (situationship?) just like this one, and I’ve always been grateful to this movie for capturing how it felt. Loved many of his other shows, as well, but this was my personal favorite. RIP, Rob & Michelle.

Reshma Gopaldas@reshmag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

When Harry Met Sally… Quite possibly the best rom-com ever made. #RobReiner

“Love the monster breeding inside you and slaughter him with love. Love the shipwreck of your body, your mind’s salted garden…” Exactly what I needed today. 💕 @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/10/j...

Beatitude: Poet John Keene’s Spell Against Despair

How do we live whole in a breaking world? It helps to bless what is simply for being. It helps to thank everything for its unbidden everythingness. And still we need help — help holding on to…

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In a new interview with @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, @victormanibo.com discusses Filipino history, "gloomth", and what drew him to gothic horror with his latest novel The Villa, Once Beloved!

Crafting an Anti-Colonial Gothic: A Conversation With Author Victor Manibo - Reactor

"I couldn’t just swap out the Victorian mansion with a Spanish-era villa without those changes meaning something deeper."

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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me

Happy #caturday from Fitzwilliam Darcy, whose good opinion once lost is lost forever (except if you give him chin scritches)

The Wind in the Willows illustration by Inga Moore

Most economists agree that by age 50, you should: - own at least one magic sword - get advice from an enchanted bear skull - be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen - disappear into a malevolent fog once a month - become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest

THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS in "a must-read" debut perfect for fans of Tananarive Due and Johnny Compton. Tamika Thompson delivers a gripping domestic horror about motherhood, grief, and the ghosts born of injustice. Learn more about the book here: bit.ly/47EsdEo #EWGC

I finished reading DEMON SONG by Kelsea Yu, and it was a beautiful take on diaspora experience and Chinese opera and completely delivered on the Phantom of the Opera (but make it sapphic)! Very sensual with some intense body horror moments, done beautifully. www.kelseayu.com/demon-song

Demon Song — Kelsea Yu

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Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history. The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular! So were the signs...

I finished my novel draft today!!!!!!! This was a project for which I wrote the earliest words several years ago, so it was especially emotional to see it finally reach completion. 💙

This is Idaho 💙

Just finished listening to A Philosophy of Thieves by @franwilde.bsky.social I did not plan on finishing it this quickly, but was swept away. It was loads of fun with loads of fascinating characters. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781353...

A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde: 9781645661948 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Robin Hood meets Parasite meets Six of Crows in multi-award winning author Fran Wilde’s thrilling, high-tech adventure heist wrapped in a futuristic fantasy where thieves are entertainment for the...

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and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...